#4E6569#4E6569

#4E6569 is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.119; OKLCH L 49.0% C 0.028 H 209.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E6569
RGB	rgb(78, 101, 105)
HSL	hsl(189, 15%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(189, 26%, 41%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.7%, 3.8%, 0%, 58.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.13, -7.53, -5.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.13, 9.08, 213.96°)
OKLab	oklab(48.96% -0.0246 -0.0138)
OKLCH	oklch(48.96% 0.028 209.3)
XYZ	xyz(10.3446, 11.9466, 15.1227)
Luminance	0.1195 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E6569 #69524E

analogous

#4E695F #4E6569 #4E5769

triadic

#4E6569 #694E65 #65694E

tetradic

#4E6569 #5F4E69 #69524E #57694E

square

#4E6569 #5F4E69 #69524E #57694E

split-complementary

#4E6569 #694E57 #695F4E

monochromatic

#1A2123 #344346 #4E6569 #68878C #8AA3A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.20

#4E6569 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.39

#4E6569 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E6569

6.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E6569	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E6569	1.00	6.20	3.39	6.20
#FFFFFF	6.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#616369

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C5F69

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#466766

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e6569;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 101, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.0% 0.028 209.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#809093',
    500: '#4e6569',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e6569;
$custom-light: #809093;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e6569",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.889,
    "s": 14.754,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48963,
    "c": 0.02819,
    "h": 209.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.11947
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E6569

secondary

#96817D

accent

#7B70B8

background

#F7F8F9

surface

#EEF0F1

border

#C9CBCB

text

#0A0C0D

muted

#7C7D7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E6569

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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